Party with Jaffes @ Mike & Susan's after the Other Ones' NYE show

Haroun & the Sea of Stories @ Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre, Berkeley
Lisa Drostova's review for East Bay Express
Michael Scott Moore's review for SF Weekly
Sarah Mourra's review for the Daily Californian
Sylvia Weiss' review for CultureVulture

Dinner @ Thai Noodles, Berkeley

The Making of the Lord of the Rings @ San Bruno Senior Center:
Jason Schleifer (Senior Animator for The Lord of the Rings) talks about his role in animating the Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

Dinner @ Bakers Square with Siu-Fai & Jimmy

Sulana visits to dub a video

Take-out dinner from Pizza Rustica, Montclair, Oakland

Joe & Brenda's No-Post-Holiday-Blues Party, Palo Alto

Hankido (open workout) @ RSF

Lunch @ Hometown Noodle Restaurant, Redwood City

Paula Dispoto's 40th Birthday Dinner @ the Original Old Pro, Palo Alto

Dinner with Micah, Sally, Kim, Helen, & Johanna @ La Creperie de Marrakesch, Berkeley

Golden Gate Boys and Pine Mountain Railroad @ Broadus Hall Chapel, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley

Chamber Works of Dmitri Shostakovich, Part III, Program I
Robert Greenberg Lecture;
Alexander String Quartet @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco (AM matinee); with mom.
Performing
Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 (1966) and
String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 133 (1968)
Program Notes

Dinner @ Flipper's Gourmet Burgers, Montclair, Oakland

Hankido (open workout)

Dinner @ Seasonal Sushi, Redwood City

Itzhak Perlman @ Fox Theatre, Redwood City
Lily Tao's brief review and postscript

Emerson String Quartet (wikipedia article) @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco; w/TC!
Performing
Joseph Haydn's String Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3 (1772),
String Quartet No. 64 in D, "Largo", Op. 76, No. 5 (1796-97), and
The Seven Last Words of Christ, Op. 51 (1787) (as arranged by the Emerson SQ)
Program Notes
Michelle Dulak's Review for San Francisco Classical Voice

Scott Wiseman's Birthday Dinner @ Sanraku Japanese Restaurant, San Francisco

Lunch with Jean-Christophe @ ABC Seafood Restaurant, Foster City

Randy donates another pint @ Stanford Blood Center, Stanford, Palo Alto

Manzanita Piano Quartet @ Stanford Hospital

Squonk Opera (wikipedia article) performs Burn! @ Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto
(Wikipedia reference for the venue)
Brief (~5 min) video excerpts from the show
Wikipedia article on Centralia, PA

Dinner @ Viet Nam Village, Berkeley, with Duc!

Aeros @ Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley, with the Links, Lisa, Duc, & Angie!
Program Notes
Promo Article by Sarah Wisner for SF Weekly
Aeros video and Bravo video from the Aeros website.

Pearl Drinks with Lisa & Duc!

Tokyo String Quartet (wikipedia article), with friends, Geraldine Walther, viola, and Max Levinson, piano, @ Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley, with TC!
Performing Johannes Brahms' String Quintet, No. 2 in G, "Prater", Op. 111 (1890), and
Piano Quintet, in F minor, Op. 34 (1864)
Program Notes
George Thomson's Review for San Francisco Classical Voice

HKD (Open Workout)

Road Trip to New Orleans for the New Orleans Radiators and Tipitinas' 25th Anniversary Shows!

OAK -> MSY (Ting sits next to Jackie Payne)

Shuttle to the Avenue Plaza Hotel, New Orleans, LA

Dinner @ Igor's Buddha Belly Bar & Grill, New Orleans, LA

John Mooney, the Dudes AKA the Subdudes, (with Dave Malone & Sonny Landreth sitting in!) @ Tipitinas, New Orleans, LA

Aftershow party at Wendy's apartment

Lagniappe @ Igor's Buddha Belly Bar & Grill, New Orleans, LA

Wandering the French Quarter

Dinner @ GW Fins Restaurant, New Orleans, LA, with Da ve & Stacie

Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers @ Vaughn's Lounge

Afternoon drinks @ Pat O'Brien's, New Orleans, LA in the Quarter with Ger, Ken & Mindy, Da ve & Stacie

Dinner @ Felix's Restaurant and Oyster Bar, New Orleans, LA with Ger, Ken & Mindy, Da ve & Stacie

Preshow Party @ Cory's House

the New Orleans Radiators
(with Mark Mullins guesting at the end)
@ Tipitinas, New Orleans, LA

Interested in a listen? You can download the show for free from the Internet Archive!

Wandering the French Quarter

Fishhead Summit @ Club Decatur, New Orleans

Dinner @ Panasia Thai Restaurant, New Orleans, with Wendy, Al, Eric & Tom

the New Orleans Radiators
(with a boatload of guests:
Theresa Andersson, Bruce 'Sunpie' Barnes, Joe Cabral of the Igaunas, Rickie Castrillo, Cranston Clements, Frenchy, Herman V. Ernest III, Craig 'Sparky' Klein, Jim Markway, Mark Mullins, Glenn 'Kul' Sears, & Mike Skinkus) @ Tipitinas, New Orleans, LA

Interested in a listen? You can download the show for free from the Internet Archive!

Parading through town with Ger and the Treme Sidewalk Steppers

Lunch @ the Trolley Stop, New Orleans, LA with Howard and Kathy!

Superbowl Party @ Jim & Cindy's (the Buccaneers dominate the Raiders, 48-21; more details from Wikipedia)

Visit the K&B Plaza Sculpture and Art Exhibit

Visit the National World War II Museum

MSY -> OAK

TKD Promotions

HKD Promotions

Dinner @ Yoshi's Restaurant, Oakland with Scott & Kathy, et al

McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, and Lewis Nash @ Yoshi's Jazz Club, Oakland

Kenny Barron Trio with Stefon Harris @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco,
with TC & Kaoru, Carl Wescott
Program Notes

Taekwondo

Morning Hankido

Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner with Siu-Fai @ Kirin Chinese Restaurant, Mountain View